Sawq Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Sawq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sawq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710

Sawq Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sawq Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sawq is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sawq? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sawq reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 58 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 42 percent reside. Besides India Sawq exists in one country. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shawq89182/
Saawq893/
Shawqe805/
Sawk758/
Zawq757/
Sabq755/
Xawq751/
Sawc751/
Sawg751/
Savq751/
Shawqut735/
Shawk673,304/
Shafq67105/
Sawke6736/
Saabq6727/
Shabq673/
Saifq672/
Sawks672/
Chawq671/
Showq671/
Safqe671/
Saffq671/
Suowq671/
Shawg671/
Ssafq671/
Szawk671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sawq
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